Pyrus xerophila explained

Pyrus xerophila is a species of flowering plant in the genus Pyrus found in China.[1] It is a probable hybrid species resulting from crosses between Pyrus pashia (Himalayan pear), Pyrus ussuriensis (Manchurian pear), and the western domestic pear, brought together by travelers along the Silk Road.[2] It is used as rootstock for cultivated pears, and the fruit are collected and eaten by local people.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pyrus xerophila T.T.Yu . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 21 September 2020 .
  2. Jiang . Shuang . Zheng . Xiaoyan . Yu . Peiyuan . Yue . Xiaoyan . Ahmed . Maqsood . Cai . Danying . Teng . Yuanwen . Primitive Genepools of Asian Pears and Their Complex Hybrid Origins Inferred from Fluorescent Sequence-Specific Amplification Polymorphism (SSAP) Markers Based on LTR Retrotransposons . PLOS ONE . 2016 . 11 . 2 . e0149192 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0149192 . 26871452 . 4752223 . 2016PLoSO..1149192J . free .
  3. Kang . Yongxiang . Łuczaj . Łukasz . Kang . Jin . Wang . Fu . Hou . Jiaojiao . Guo . Quanping . Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zhouqu county, Gansu, China) . Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine . 2014 . 10 . 20 . 10.1186/1746-4269-10-20 . 24502461 . 3933068 . 15661862 . free .

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